Stockholm Design Week 2014: Five is gently odd

Swedish design and architect trio Claesson Koivisto Rune will launch a new solid wood furniture series for new Japanese brand Matsuso T at the Stockholm Design Week.

We developed a shape that combines a circle with a pentagon. The chair, the table, the clothes rail and the other members of the FIVE family all share this iconic shape. Uncompromisingly made in solid wood, by the best Japanese craftsmen.” Says Ola Rune of Claesson Koivisto Rune.

“We live in a world of five elements that we experience through our five senses. Five is gently odd. Five is not too many. Five is beautiful. A five-sided figure is called a pentagon. We developed a shape that combines a circle with a pentagon. The chair, the table, the clothes rail and the other members of the FIVE family all share this iconic shape. Uncompromisingly made in solid wood, by the best Japanese craftsmen.” Says Mårten Claesson of Claesson Koivisto Rune.

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